Catoctin clarion., 1887-06-02
Mechannsbwn Frederick County, Maryland Thursday June Z, 1887
THE MADISON SQUARE PHILOSOPHER
George Francis Train Appears With tho
Flowers of Sprine-His Remarks.

George Francis Train Appears With tho
Flowers of Sprine-His Remarks.
A gray bearded man, matroaly woman,
dozen children and four or five dilapidatcd
persons surrounded ono of the benches in
Madison square the other afternoon On tho
bench sat a broad shouldered man of striking
appearance. He woro 10 hat His head WIS
bald on the top, but long white hair tossed
carelessly back fell like n mano upon his
shoulders. His face was very brown from
exposure to wind and sunshine, and the topof
his heal was rs brown as his face. Steel b',lo
eyes of remarkable brillnncy, with oddly
dilntcd pupils, looked frankly and fc"rlrssly
out upon tho world from tho sunhurncl face
The broad shouldcred man was talking to
little girl, evidently the daughter Of the ma
tronly woman.
"Pcople don't know anything" he snd.
"Thcy don't know enough to live They
won't learn. All the world is hypnoized"
The little girl looked os though she thought
this very terrible state of affairs, nnl tao
tramps listened to tho strange words with re-
spcctful admiration. The woman stopped
dowA and told the little girl to ask the man
something. He caught the question before the
girl could speak, and answered, directing his
romnrks to her: "Crazyi No. Yon pity crazy
people, don't you! Well, You never heard
anybody pity me- People don't say, Look
at TINT poor man sitting on a bench enjoying
the sunshine and the mir. Isn't it too bad
that he sits thercr They never say that"
A"ufi, tho woman stopped down and spoke
in low tone, md the man quickly replied:
II 1.-Two thus because know how to live
have the secret. | hold it in my hand. l
have 1t all hcrc-succcss or failure, life or
DEATH happiness or misery" and ho clinchcd
a muscular hand and turned his wrist back
ward and forward ms he spoke.
1t was q very powerful hand and looked rs
though anything graspcd by it would ho held
by tremendous grip. Ho continued: Il
haven't eaten meat for twenty years. People
eat too much I eat onco II day, md only n
pound of food then. Once went to Black
wells Islami"-
Sudden expression of sympathetic interest
OH the faces cf the tramps.
II looked at the food they give tho prison
ers. How much do ,ou suppose they give
each prisoner davl Eevon pounds. If they
didn't mako the mon work they would die
think they must have system for kill nE
prisoners of by Gorging their stomachs."
Tic tramps sighed and looked longingly
eastward.
"On,aha' Yes, l saw that was the place
for Il city Of millions jumped ashore and
found hat lying in the road. Nothing else
there Now there is II city. owned half Of
it once. oyou know how people live. Ten
own everything, and ninety own nothing. l
saw if held that land would bo ono OF the
ten. l didn't want to swim with ninety men
on my back. said: Take your city; |
don't want it, and left them to do as they
pleased Now | sit here, and 1t costs n,e'ony
81 n day to live"
Tho little girl, being prompted, said good
by. Tho little knot OF pcoplc melted away,
and the broad shouldcrc'l man began reading
q newspaper. a red ey"l shabby man came
along and nodded sninsly to him. Tho
man on the bench waved his hand courtc-
ou,ly, ani,rd and nodded hnt sail nothing
George Francis Train speaks only to chill
drrn.